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A look at the development of literary film adaptation 5th Festival of German Cinema

Discussion “A look at the development of literary film adaptation“

Whether Marvel Comics, Jane Austen novels or classical theatre, the adaptation of literary works and stage plays has become an integral part of modern cinema. Literature serves as a template for the development of the next cinema hit. But how closely do directors and actors follow the original texts? To what extent are novelists or theatrical directors also involved in the production process? And literature fans always ask themselves: how much of the original text is left in the original cinema version? Contemporary literary film is still subject to such reproaches and others like them, but has also established itself as an independent genre. This year, the film programme of the 5th Festival of German Film features a particularly large number of literary and theatre adaptations. Three of our guests oriented themselves on texts as models for their films. With Matti Geschonneck, director of the film In Times of Fading Light (after the montage novel of the same name by Eugen Ruge), Lars Kraume, director of the film The Verdict (after the play of the same name by Ferdinand von Schirach) and Frederick Lau, leading actor of the feature film MY BROTHER SIMPLE (after the play of the same name by Marie-Aude Murail) we plan to discuss their experiences.